EP0200407A3 - Liquid crystal display device liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Liquid crystal display device liquid crystal display device Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0200407A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: liquid crystal; display device; crystal display; device liquid; liquid
Prior art date: 1985-04-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP86302741A

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EP0200407A2 (en

EP0200407B1 (en

Inventor

Isao Yasuhara

Shunichi Kusumi

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Nippon Seiki Co Ltd

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Nippon Seiki Co Ltd

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1985-04-26

Filing date

1986-04-14

Publication date

1988-11-23

1985-04-26 Priority claimed from JP60091973A external-priority patent/JPS61249073A/en

1985-05-27 Priority claimed from JP7954785U external-priority patent/JPS61196216U/ja

1985-07-31 Priority claimed from JP11785585U external-priority patent/JPH0434422Y2/ja

1986-04-14 Application filed by Nippon Seiki Co Ltd filed Critical Nippon Seiki Co Ltd

1986-11-05 Publication of EP0200407A2 publication Critical patent/EP0200407A2/en

1988-11-23 Publication of EP0200407A3 publication Critical patent/EP0200407A3/en

1993-07-07 Application granted granted Critical

1993-07-07 Publication of EP0200407B1 publication Critical patent/EP0200407B1/en

2006-04-14 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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239000004973 liquid crystal related substance Substances 0.000 title 2

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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/133308—Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0149—Head-up displays characterised by mechanical features
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
- G02B2027/0118—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
- G02B2027/0118—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
- G02B2027/012—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility comprising devices for attenuating parasitic image effects
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- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0149—Head-up displays characterised by mechanical features
- G02B2027/0154—Head-up displays characterised by mechanical features with movable elements
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B27/0149—Head-up displays characterised by mechanical features
- G02B2027/0165—Head-up displays characterised by mechanical features associated with a head-down display
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
- G02B2027/0192—Supplementary details
- G02B2027/0194—Supplementary details with combiner of laminated type, for optical or mechanical aspects
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/133553—Reflecting elements
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
- G02F1/133618—Illuminating devices for ambient light

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EP86302741A 1985-04-26 1986-04-14 Liquid crystal display device Expired - Lifetime EP0200407B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP91973/85		1985-04-26
JP60091973A JPS61249073A (en)	1985-04-26	1985-04-26	Liquid crystal display unit
JP79547/85		1985-05-27
JP7954785U JPS61196216U (en)	1985-05-27	1985-05-27
JP11785585U JPH0434422Y2 (en)	1985-07-31	1985-07-31
JP117855/85		1985-07-31

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0200407A2 EP0200407A2 (en)	1986-11-05
EP0200407A3 true EP0200407A3 (en)	1988-11-23
EP0200407B1 EP0200407B1 (en)	1993-07-07

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP86302741A Expired - Lifetime EP0200407B1 (en)	1985-04-26	1986-04-14	Liquid crystal display device

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US4747672A (en)
EP (1)	EP0200407B1 (en)
CA (1)	CA1256971A (en)
DE (1)	DE3688656T2 (en)

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US5018837A (en) *	1989-07-03	1991-05-28	Motorola, Inc.	Enhanced contrast liquid crystal display device
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1986
- 1986-04-08 US US06/849,429 patent/US4747672A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-04-14 EP EP86302741A patent/EP0200407B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-04-14 DE DE86302741T patent/DE3688656T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-04-22 CA CA000507273A patent/CA1256971A/en not_active Expired

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US4403216A (en) *	1980-12-11	1983-09-06	Nintendo Co., Ltd.	Display
GB2144569A (en) *	1983-08-01	1985-03-06	Nintendo Co Ltd	Lcd display unit

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DE3688656D1 (en)	1993-08-12
DE3688656T2 (en)	1993-10-21
CA1256971A (en)	1989-07-04
EP0200407A2 (en)	1986-11-05
EP0200407B1 (en)	1993-07-07
US4747672A (en)	1988-05-31

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